Water-cooler.



L. J. BER KELEY.

WATER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26. 1915.

1 ,19-9,657. Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

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WATER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26. 1915.

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LAURENCE JAY BERKELEY, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

WATER-COOLER.

mum-an- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 26, 1915. Serial No. 17,180.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAURENCE J. BERKFr' LEY, a citizen of the United States, and a My invention has for its object to providea sanitary water cooler, which will take a solid cake of ice instead of the broken ice which it is now necessary to use with cool- 'ers provided for dispensing bottle water.

The construction is such that the contents of the bottle neednot come-incontact with the outer portion of the bottle either when the bottle is placed in position, or subse quently when the bottle is mounted on the cooler. Means are also provided for admitting air into the bottle to replace the liquid.

Withdrawn therefrom.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification, in which the preferred form of my invention is described.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all the views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing how my invention is used; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 8; Fi 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4C is an enlarged view showing the reservoir and the inlet for receiving the water from a bottle.

By referring to the drawings, it Wlll be seen that a casing 5 is provided having a door 6 hinged at 7, for closing the opening 8 therein. This opening 8 leads to a receptacle 9 disposed within the casing '5, the walls of the receptacle 9 being spaced from the walls of the casing, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. In the top 10 of the casing 5, there is an opening 11, in which there is disposed a cap 12, this cap 12 having sides with shoulders 13, wh1ch are d1sposed against the inner sidesof the top 10 of the casing 5 around the opening 11 therein. The sides of the cap 12 extend below the shoulders 18 as at 14 and engage with the top of the receptacle 10 to form a reservoir 15.

The cap 12 is preferably constructed with an integral tube 16, which forms an opening at the top of the cap 12 and extends above andrbelow the .cap .at its top. Around 1 tube 16 there is a seat 17 for receiving a bottle of water or other fluid. It is possible to dispose a bottle on the seat 7 without danger of spilling the water and without the water coming in contact with the outer portlon of the neck of the bottle. To do this,

the cork of the bottle is removed and a piece of paper is disposed over the mouth of the bottle. 'The bottle is then inverted and is quickly placed in position, the tube 16 eX- tending above the cap 12, serving to punc- Patented Sept. 26, ieic.

ture the paper so that the water may flow through the tube 16 to the reservoir 15. As the water flows into the reservoir 15, the air to replace the water in the bottle flows from the interior of the receptacle 9 through the tube 18 into the'reservoir 15, the tube 18 being disposed through an orifice 19 in the top of the receptacle 9. It is of course understood that when the water in the reservoir 15 reaches a predetermined height above the bottom of the tube 16, the fiow of air into the bottle will stop, which will pre vent the outward flow of the water from the bottle.

The receptacle '9 is provided with two bottom members, which are referred to in the drawings as 20 and 21, these bottom members 20 and 21 being spaced apart to form a chamber 22. The chamber 22 is spaced from the bottom 23 of the casing 5. The water or other fluid from the reservoir 15 is conveyed to the chamber 22 by a pipe or other communicating means 2 1 which is connected with the side of the cap 12 at the opening 25 therein and leads to the chamber 22, through the opening 26 in the recepta-.

cle 9 between the bottom members 20 and 21. The water in this chamber 22 is cooled by the ice in the receptacle 9, the ice in the receptacle 9 being supported by the rack 27. The water resulting from the melting of the ice accumulates at the bottom of the receptacle 9 to a predetermined depth, determined by the height of the pipe 28 above the bottom member 20 of the receptacle 9, the said pipe 28 serving as an overflow and being disposed through an opening 29 in the bottom member 21 and also through an opening 30 in the bottom 23 of'the casing 5. In this way, some of the cooled water result ing from the melting of the ice will remain on the bottom member 20 of the receptacle '9, to cool the fluid in the chamber 22. The chamber 22 has an outlet 31 which is conmeted with the receptacle 9 at the p n ng 32 therein, the outlet 31 also being connected with the casing 5 at the opening 33 therein. To this outlet'81 may be secured a faucet 34E of any desired type.

As shown in Figs. 1 of the drawings, the casing 5 may be supported on a stand 35 having a shelf 36 for supporting a pail 37, the pail 37 being disposed below the pipe 28, so that it will receive the overflow from the receptacle 9. The stand 35 also has a tray 38 with an outlet 39 leading therefrom for conveying all fluid which may ffow into the tray 38 to the pail 37.

A gasket 17 is disposed on the seat 17 against which the mouth of the bottle presses.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an article of the class described, a casing, acap having an opening with a tube secured to the cap in the opening extending above the cap at the opening and below the cap into the casing, a seat disposed around the tube and above the cap, and an inverted bottle detachably disposed on the seat, with the tube disposed in the mouth of the bottle.

2. In an article of the class described, a casing, a cap in the top of the casing and having an opening with a tube secured to the cap in the opening and extending above the cap atthe opening and also below'the cap into the casing, a seat disposed around the tube, and an inverted bottle detachably disposed on the seat with the tube disposed in the mouth of the bottle.

3. In an article'of the class described, a casing, a receptacle in the casing and spaced therefrom to form an air chamber, the receptacle having two bottom members spaced apart, there being an opening in the top of the casing, a tube disposed in the opening, means connecting the tube with the casing at the opening, the tube extending below the casing at the said means, means connecting the receptacle and the casing, thereby forming a reservoir to which the tube leads, a communicating means disposed between the casing and the receptacle walls and leading from the reservoir to the space between the bottom members, and means for removing fluid from the said space.

4. In an article of the class described, a

casing, a receptacle in the casing and spaced therefrom, there being an opening in the top of the casing, a tube disposed in the opening, means connecting the tube with the casing at the opening, the tube extending above and below the said means,'means connecting the receptacle and the casing, thereby forming a reservoir to which. the tube leads, a

seat disposed around the tube above the firstmentioned means, a communicating means disposed between the casing and the receptacle walls and leading from the resercasing, a receptacle in the casing and spaced therefrom, means connecting the casing and the receptacle to form a reservoir between the casing and receptacle wall, an inlet tube leading into the said reservoir, there being an opening in the receptacle leading to the reservoir, and a tube disposed in the opening and disposed above the horizontal plane at the bottom of the first tube.

6. In an article of the class described, a casing, a receptacle disposed within the casing and spaced from the top thereof, there being an opening in the top of the casing, a tube disposed in the opening, means connecting the tube with the casing at the opening, the tube extending below the said means, means connecting the receptacle and the casing, thereby forming a reservoir between the walls of the casing and the receptacle, there being an opening in the receptacle and a tube in the opening in the receptacle extending above the horizontal plane at the bottom of the first tube, and communicating means for conveying a fluid from the reservoir to an outlet. 7

7. In an article of the class described, a casing having an opening, a cap disposed in the opening and extending therebeyond, there being an opening in the cap, a tube disposed in the last-mentioned opening and extending within the cap at the opening therein, means in connection with the casing and the cap forming a reservoir to which the tube leads, and an outlet for the reservoir.

8. In an article of the class described, a cap having extending sides with set-ofi' portions forming shoulders adjacent one end and a head with an opening at the other end, a tube disposed in the opening and extending within the cap, means in connection casing having an opening, a cap disposed in the opening 7 and extending therebeyond, there being an opening in the cap, a tube disposed in the last-mentioned opening and extending within the cap at the opening therein, means in connection with the casing and the cap forming a reservoir to which the tube leads, an outlet for the reservoir, the tube also extending beyond the cap, and a seat onbthe outer surface of the cap around the tu e.

10. In an article of the class described, a casing having an opening, a tube disposed in the opening, a cap connecting the casing at the opening with the tube, the tube extending above and within the cap, inclosing means forming a reservoir in which the tube is dis- 9. In an article of the class described, a

posed, communicating means leading from name to this specification inthe presence of the reservoir around the central portion of two subscrlbing Witnesses.

the casing, through Which the liquid in the LAURENCE JAY BERKELEY. reservoir may pass to an outlet and a seat Witnesses: 5 around the tube and above the cap. CHAs. ONEILL,

In testimony whereof I have signed my LLOYD E. HULL.

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